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GLOVE.

No. 539,044. I Patent-ed May 14, 1895.'

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GLOVE.

SFECIFICATION forming* part f Letters Patent N0. 539,044, dated. May 14,1895.

Application filed July 10, 1893. Serial No. 480,020. (No model.) y

. To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. EvEREsT, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Gloves; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The main objects Aof my inven tion are to improve the [it and increasethe strength and durability of gloves or mittens, to which my inventionis applicable, and to economize material.

It consists of certain'novel features in the construction, arrangementand attachment of the component parts of the glove or mitten ashereinafter particularly described and y pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings like letters.

and figures designate the same parts in the several figures.

-Figure l is a front or palm View, and Fig. 2 a back view, of agloveembodying my improvements. Fig. 3 is a diagram of the pattern from whichthe main body portion of the glove shown in Figs. l and 2 is made. Figs.4 and 5 are diagrams of the palm sections and forgettes of the secondand third fingers. Figs. 6 and 7 are diagrams of the separate thumbsections, and Fig. 8 is a diagram of a modification of'the thumbsections made in a single piece.

For the purpose of illustration I have shown and will describe a glove,the back and palm portions of which are made from a single piece ofmaterial, although my improvements are applicable to combination glovesand mittens or such as have the back.' and palm portions made fromdifferent kinds or separate pieces of material.

Referring to Figs. l and 2,A represents the back and B the palm of themain body portion of the glove; a, b, c, andd the backs of the fingers,and a and d the palm portions and forgettes of the first and fourthlingers, which may all be cut from the same piece of material with theback and palmfof the body portion of the glove, as shown inrFig. 3.

e is a thumb lap or reinforcement cut from the palm portion B of theglove so as to form the thumb opening therein. b and c are the front orpalm portions and the forgettes of the second and third fingers whichare cut as shown in Figs. land 5 from material separate and distinctfrom the other parts ofthe glove.

kThe foregoing parts are like or similar to those heretofore employed ingloves of this kind, and of themselves do not constitute my invention.

The thumb of the glove is preferably made in two pieces,f and f', shownin Figs. 6 and 7, which may be cut from small pieces of otherwise wastematerial. A diagonal or transverse slit g is cut through one edge of thefront thumb section f so as to produce in elect a gusset g which is setinto the inner angle between the lap e and the palm portion B as shownin Fig. 1, and gives a better shape and t to the glove. A portion of theinner edges of the thumb sections, as indicated by dotted lines l, l inFigs. l, 6 and 7, are first stitched together, (or when economy ofmaterial can be disregarded, the thumb sections uniting with each otherat the front edges along the lines indicated, may be made from a singlepiece of material) as shown in Fig. 8. The remaining portion of thefront edges of the thumb sections are then stitched to the edges of thebody portion of the glove around the thumb openingl by a seam, which iscontinued around the edges of the lap e as indicated by dotted lines 2,2 in Figs.' '.l, 2, Gand 7.

To facilitate the insertion and attachment of the thumb sections, alongitudinal slit h may be cut in the body portion of the glove from thethumb opening .through the wrist. The back edges of the thumb sectionsand the edges of the slit h, which are inline therewith, are inallyclosed together in a seam 5, as shown in Fig. 1.

The thumb sections ff', whether madeof one part from a single piece ofmaterial, or in two parts from separate pieces of material, constituteof themselves a complete thumb both front and back, and the lap e cutfrom the thumb opening whether applied outside IOO or inside, reinforcesthe front with au extra thickness of material where the thumb is subjected to greatest wear, and also protects the seam l l when the thethumb proper is made of two separate pieces stitched together at theirfront edges.

The front sections b and c of the second and third fingers are cut on acurve at the base, as shown at 3, 3 in Figs. 4 and 5. The slits betweenthe forgettes of the first and fourth fingers and the palm portion B ofthe glove are cut on a corresponding curve as shown at a2 and d2 in Fig.3, so as to produce Atransverse curved seams where the front fingersections b and c are joined to the palm portion of the glove. Excessivestrain and consequent ripping of these seams by the spreading of thefingers, as shown in Fig. l, is thus prevented, because being formed ona curve they are elastic or extensible in the direction of their length.

The finger sections b and c are stitched together in a seam indicated bylines 4 4 in Figs. 4 and 5, and are stitched in the usual manner to thebacks b and c. The transverse curved seams at the base of the second andthird fingers are protected and reinforced by bands or strips C Cstitched to the glove over, and on both sides of said seams and securedat their ends in the seams between the forgettes and back as shown inFigs. l and 2.

The improvements hereinbefore described are applicable to gloves made oflight or heavy and various kinds of material, and are susceptible ofvarious changes in minor details within the spirit and intended scope ofmy invention.

By the construction of the thumb as hereinbefore described I not onlyeconomize marmterjgl, protect the seam and reinforce the front""wh,ereit is subjected to the greatest wear, with"an eXtra thickness ofmaterial, but also prevent ripping around the thumb opening, produce anice fit and allow freedom of movement to the thumb.

1. A glove composed of body and linger portions and having separatefront middle linger sections each joined at the base to the front of thebody by transverse seams, and at the sides to the respective back fingerportions, and reinforcing strips stitched over and on both sides of saidseams across the base of each middle finger, passing upward between thefingers and secured at the ends in the seams between the backs andforgettes of the fingers, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

2. A glove composed of body and finger portions and having separatefront middle finger sections joined at their bases to the front of thebody by transverse curved seams, and at their sides to the respectiveback finger portions, aud reinforcing strips stitched over and ou bothsides of said seams across the bases of the fingers, and secured attheir ends in the seams between the backs and forgettes of the fingers,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A glove or mitten comprising the main body portion having a thumb lapintegral therewith cut from the thumb opening, and thumb sectionsforming a complete thumb stitched at the base to the body portion aroundthe thumb opening and joined at the outer edges in a longitudinal seamalong the back, a portion of the thumb piece beiug formed by atransverse slit into a gusset which is set into the angle between thethumb lap and front of the glove or mitten, and the thumb lapreinforcing the front of the thumb with au extra thickness of material,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. A glove or mitten comprising the main body portion having a lapintegral therewith cut from the thumb opening, and a slit through thewrist into said opening, 'and thumb sections stitched bya continuousseam around the base to the edges of the body around the thumb openingand to the edges of said lap and joined together at the back byalongitudinal seam the extension of which unites the edges of the slitbetween the thumb opening and wrist, a portion of one thumb sectionbeing formed by a transverse slit into a gusset which is set into theangle between the lap and body at the base of the thumb, saidlap-reinforcing the front of the thumb with an extra thickness ofmaterial, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. EVEREST.

Witnesses:

CHAs. L. Goss, T. F. HAYDEN.

